Platitudes at the Stratford Festival in Canada (aimed at not undermining the Stratfordian belief...)
Antononi Cimolino Justice Eileen Gilesse Guy Pratte
At the ->Stratford Festival Forum Oct.4th 2014 Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, of the Supreme Court of Canada, convened a special panel of judges and pseudojudges (click video below) to consider whether there is sufficient evidence to refute the claim that Shakespeare was the principal author of the canon, with special appearances by Antoni Cimolino (Festival Director, as ressurected Shakespeare) and Colm Feore (Actor, as Judge). s.also ->Blog 201)
The "Authorship Appeal" event was not a "Mock trial" (as announced somewhere ) but a prefabricated entertaining show, aimed at enhancing the publicity of the Stratford Festival. The show adopted within 75 minutes some of the commonplaces known for a century in the authorship debate.(s.Video)
Justice Eileen Gilesse read his prefabricated preconceived opinion: (which had nothing to do with the advocate Guy Prattes' preceding arguments.) - . Her statement can be regarded as paradigmatic for the whole event beeing an empty farce (excerpt):
The "Authorship Appeal" event was not a "Mock trial" (as announced somewhere ) but a prefabricated entertaining show, aimed at enhancing the publicity of the Stratford Festival. The show adopted within 75 minutes some of the commonplaces known for a century in the authorship debate.(s.Video)
Justice Eileen Gilesse read his prefabricated preconceived opinion: (which had nothing to do with the advocate Guy Prattes' preceding arguments.) - . Her statement can be regarded as paradigmatic for the whole event beeing an empty farce (excerpt):
I querie the persuasive value over the case put forward by Mr.Pratte. As I understand it, during the centuries the debate has raged, over 80 names have been presented as candidates for the authorship of Shakespeare's works. Now , I am familiar with the tactic of presenting one's case in the alternative , but frankly Mr.Pratte: I found this to be too much a good thing. Is not the prosecution in the case severely undermined by having failed to present a coherent theory of who wrote the plays if not Shakespeare
Her "80 Candidates"- statement taken from Stratfordian Expert Stanley Wells (Read->Blog 21 , ->Blog 200 ) makes it evident that ....
...not for a single moment the organisers did intend or made any effort, to support a coherent understanding of the strange, centuries old debate, of who wrote the plays, if not Shakspeare.
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